The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-03

Curwen. the daughter of Jesse, the British
naturalist, has just died from the effects of q
fall over q tennis net
PITTsBURa Commercial: "Hs was man who
short obituary notice; .'he has been subscriber
to this paper since its first number
THE wife of a Congregational minister in Wis
consin has the bowl out of which Jonathan Ed
wards used to eat bread and milk. This relic
has been kept in each generation by descend
ant engaged in pastoral or missionary work.
THE creature who finds it so irksome
To go n like man and work some
Hardly is short
Of kind of sort
-ol City Blizzard.
PoLyDoRE DE KEYsER, the new Lord Mayor
of London has a name which means "Many
Gifts 1t is most appropriate title. A Lord
Mayor of London is expected to give away
almost avery thing he owns Ii he doesn't give
himself away he is very lucky.
MADAME VINCENT is a French woman who
has saved twelve persons from death by drown
ing. Last month she jumped into the waves en-
tirey dressed and rescued the twelfth, six
year-old boy. She has seven children of her
own, the youngest being still an infant.
To be Scotch don say Thistle,
But always say hustle;
Don't remark that winds whistle
For now they must whustle;
And when Barrs whiskers bristle
IT'S his whuskers that brustle.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
THE old question as to whether the upper part
of a carriage wheel in motion goes along faster
than the lower part seems to have been settled
by instantaneous photography. In the photo
graph the outer ends of the of the upper spokes
appear indistinct by reason of the motion, while
the outer ends of the spokes in the lower part of
the wheel are photographed with dstinctness.
THE Justices of the Supreme Court of the
United States now wear plain black robes In
the beginning of the century the robes had
scarlet facing. because Chief Justice John
jay borrowed the robe of the Chancellor of New
York. which faced, and all the other
justices followed the style. In 1908. however,
some asserted that the red trimming was
too English, and 1t was discarded, and the plain
black has been used ever since
GEN. BEN BUTLER said to Kansas City re-
porter that anybody may become President, but
it is not easy 90 be acceptable q depart
ment clerk. when I was a young man." con-
tinued the General. 81 examined for ap-
poiptment department. clerk, and failed
miserably, though / tried to bride the young
woman who distributed the list of q uestions to
give me easy ones | remember Que of the Ques-
tons was: What States and Tsrrirories would
you cross in going from New York to the Pacific
coastY didn't know. so the answer l wrote
was: None; / would go around by Cape Horn"
CRITIC Lounger Miss Mary L. Booth. of Har-
pers Bazaar, has just returned from fve
months vacation in Europe. She travelled
hard, and saw great deal. She stayed longest
in Rome-a city which impressed her moro than
anv other in Europe. In the course of her
travels Miss Booth did something that l am
very sorry that l did not do she brought back
with her slips of ivy from some of the most in
terestIng places she visited. and has planted
them in her New York Garden; for, small
though it be, she has a bit of garden in the
heart of the city. where she has grape-vines and
peach trees and a few rare shrubs.
LIBERTY will soon illuminate the world from
the western well the eastern side of the
continent Adolph Sutro, the mining million
aire. ia erecting her statute on Mount Olympus.
in San Francisco. Tho figure was sculptured by
Wertz. Belgian artist and he called it La
Triamphe de la Lumiere. the triumph OF light,
and says it was meant to represent light
triumphing over darkness-liberty over tyranny
and despotsm." Sutro it exhibited at
Antwerp and fell in love with it. 1t is made of
artificial stone, sawed up into fourteen pieces,
and in that shape imported into this country.
1t IS twenty five feet high. and will stand
fifteen foot pedestal, while the mountain under
it is 700 feet high. Californians count in the
mountain and all its altitude, 740 feet. 1t has
taken two weeks to build the pedestal. TWO
weeks more will stick the fourteen pieces of
artificial rock together and the great work will
be done. The light in the upifted torch of the
figure will be electric, and of $4,000 candle
power. 1t will illuminate park. and can be
seen from the bay. while Millionaire Sutro can
sit at his parlor windows in the evening and, see
how great a public benefactor he is.